Post #183741 by christiki295 on Thu, Sep 1, 2005 6:25 PM

On 2005-09-01 15:01, Rob Roy wrote:

On 2005-09-01 14:13, Monkeyman wrote:
If someone were seeking information about Tiki and were to visit here unaware of what was in Bilge and Beyond, I really don't think they would be missing ANYTHING. They would arrive for tiki info and guess what....thats exactly what they would find. They would not be restricted from anything that they were actually seeking when they arrived.

But they will be missing something. Without seeing Bilge & Beyond you will be missing the good, bad and sometimes ugly part of this community.

You might get a few new Grand Members now because they know what they are missing because they can't see those forums. But, after a while, people that come here will not stay. To keep any club or website going and fresh you always need a constant flux of new people.

I will probably get a Grand Membership but like a said, I know what I'm missing.

True, there will be something missing, but it's not as if they can not make a ($$$) calculated decsision as to what it is worth to join & post in those areas, also.

Actually, I often don't bother myself with the Grandmembership because I am too lazy to keep typing my password (maybe I should change it to 1,2,3,4.)

However, hopefully, there is enough which is interesting on the main boards, to keep "newbies" coming back.

At the end of the day, I think we need to allow the proprietor to exercise discretion.